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(No Modem 1W. HALKYARD. Machinufo-r Making Lacing Books.

No. 242,172. Patented June 14,1881.

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WLHALKY ARD. Machine for Making Lacing-Hooks.

No. 242,772; Patented June 14,1881,

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' W. HALKYARD. Machine 01- Making Laoing H00ks.,

10.242772. Patenfed June 14, 1881.

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W. HALKYARD. Maohin'efdr Ma'king Lacing Books.

No. 242,772. I V Patented June 14,1881.

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W". HALKYARD. Machine for Making Laoing Hooks.

Patented'lune 14,1881.-

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UNITED STATES .Improvement in mg is a full, clear, and

rawings forming part of thi "specification. Tins invention has referenc;

The invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of thecarrier and the deafter.

wea-rmgot the cams or connections caused iin- I bend and form thecut-out blank, at one operation, into the lacinghook, and give to thecarrier a simple reciprocating motion. 7 t

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved lacing-hoo machine. Fig.2 is avertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 IS a plan view the bottomfrom the eyelet, the punch teal-scorcarrierbefore the bending-plungering the lower end of the eyelet, the punch for the blank, and

lng-hook. Fig. is a view of the stripefmetal,

showing the effect produced by each punch. ig. isa view of the carrier.Fig. 7 is a sectional view through thc linewwof Fig. 6. Fig.

is a view showing the descends.

that I, WILLIAM HALKYARD, 'ofthe' city and count y of Providence,andState de Island, have invented a new and useful achines for MakingLacingooks; and I hereby declare that the follow: exact description ofthe same, reference being had'to the accompan 'in g to an improvementinthe construction of ma ihines forpunchshaping, and forming lacing-hooksfrom a snip of metal fed automatically to the memachin the plunger 0with th at each ger C is vertically reclprocated.

c crimps the metal neck, and the punch 01 cuts the blank from the trip.

. scale, and Fig. 5 shows the strip ot'metal and the efi'eet on the sameas produced by each punch. a

shaft A to operate the lower end of which the enters the depressionsmade in the metal strip to form of the bed of the machine, showing thecams puncl|e.-.-,

ch ior punchifngont l other reciprocates th'e follower K, a is clearly.Fig. 2

crates the anvil L through the lever 11. I jln Fig. 2 the three cam sare shown in their blank re tin'giin the y relative positions.

' rier I is showmin solid line's, tlr

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has descended and ig.

Fig.

chine, showing the cam H and the lever L in the cam. In the drawings, AA are the fast and loose pulleys secured to the driving-shaft Aof the- Bis a balance-wheel.

l is an eccentric or crank-strap connecting e driving-shaft, so thatrotation of the driving-shaft the plun- "thc pinnger t. th ches a,'b, c,and d I are secured. They reciprocate with the plunger, and ali act onth ward reciprocation of the plunger.

scores the lower end of the eyelet, the punch 7 5 Fig. 4 shows thepunches on an enlarged D is a can; placed on the end of the drivingfeed-lever D, at the adjustable feed-pawl the eyelet, and feeds the strip tothe E is the back shaft, driven by means of the beveled gears F I! andthe shaft F from the go dri vi ng-shtil't, and at the same speed.

G18 a double cam placed on the shaft E to.

it follows the c m and the T e cam H, also secured to. the shaft/ 3$)per-at- 1g. 9 is a. view showing the bending-plunger ing the anvilL inalternatelya long and ashort in Fig. ii, the

' and the carrier are all performed ateach revothen in the positionshown in F g.8.

tion of lacing-hook machines is simplified, and as the carrier has onlyone short and fixed reciprocation the machine can be run at a higherspeed than lacing-hook machines as heretofore constructed. There arefewer parts to be operated and kept in adjustment, and consequently lessliability of wear and injury to the blanks, or of the production ofdamaged goods. Thedevi'cefor feeding the strip to thepunches, consistingof the cam D and hinged lever D, is made so as to be adjustable byhingingthe feeding-pawl 3 in the arm 2, which is secure to the lower endof the lever D by a stud,the end being held between the set-screws 1 1.s the punches a. and b must enter the strip exactly at the place wheretheeyelet has been formed on the same, the feeding-pawl can be adjustedby means of the screws 1 strip with great accuracy.

Having thusdescribed my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Leti ers Patent- 1. In a lacing-hook machine, the combination, withthe plunger U and the punches at b c d,.ot the carrier 1, provided withthe receivand the cam for operating bend- K in a broken line.

which the lacing-hook is be disheavy line, ing-plunger M is a stripper,by

stripped from charged.

N isthe receiving-die in the carrier. It is constructed to receive thepunched-outblank, and provided with the recessed shoulders at n, onwhich the flange surrounding the eyelet rests, and thcrecessed shouldera, on which the cupped cap of the lacing-hook rests. i

o is the discharge-openin g in the carrier I.

Referring, now, to Fig. 7, the receiving-die is shown transverse to thecarrier 1, and atop view of the same is shown in Fig.6. When the blankhas been cut-from the strip it falls into the receiver N, which at thattime is directly under the punch d. The carrier now moves the blankunderthe plunger K the anvil being The bending-plunger K descends, bendingthe lacingho0k,asis showninFig.9,anddrawingthesame into the centralOpeningmhof the receiving-die N, the plunger K at the same time bendingthe sides of the neck, as is shown in Fig. 10. The anvil L and thebending-plunger K now rise, with the lacing'hook, into the positionshown bent lacin g-hook, by the spring of the metal, adhering to thebending-plunger. K. The anvil L descends, and the carrier now movesagain, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. It, so as to bring thereceiving-die under the punch 11 to receive a new blank. Thedischarge-opening 0 is atthis time under the bending-plunger K, which,by rising in the slot of thestripper M, strips the lacing-hook off andallows the same to fall through the opening 0 into a proper receptacle.The configurations of the paths in the cams are such that the movementsof the hending-pluger, the anvil,

the bending-plunger to in g-plunger K, constructed to bend thelacinghook and discharge the same at one reciprocation, as described.

tion, 'with the punches and bending plnnger, of a carrier provided withthe receiviug-dieN, having the recessed shoulders at 'n, the centralslit, a and bearing a, constructed to support the blank and allow theplunger to descend and bend the same, as described.

3. The combination, with the reciprocating plunger U, having the,punches a, b, c,'and d secured thereto, and-the driving-shalt A, of thebeveled gears F F, the shaft F, the shaft E, the cams and G, the carrier1, anvil L, and bending-plunger K, constructed to punch the blank andbend the same, as described.

in witness whereof I have hereunto aflixed my name.

lution ottn-e main shaft, so that at each reciprocation oi, the plunger0 a blank is cut out,

bent, and discharged.

To allow the carrier to pass over the anvil the metal of the carrierbetween-the opening NILLIAM HALKYARD.

0 and the receiving-die N is cut away, so as to Witnesses: form agroove, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 11. WM. L. R001,

By this improved arrangement the construc- J. A. MILLER, Jr.

1 to feed the- 2. in a lacing-hook machine, the combinaing-die N andopenin g 0,the anvil L, and bend-

